Marijke Spooren

Practice Areas

Marijke Spooren’s practice focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and capital markets transactions.

Marijke represents buyers and sellers in domestic and international M&A transactions, and issuers and underwriters in equity offerings. She regularly advises companies on corporate and securities law questions, including governance, disclosure, shareholder activism, and market abuse matters. Marijke also has experience in selected regulated sectors.

Career

Marijke joined the firm in 2012 and became a partner in 2022. From 2014 to 2015, she was resident in the New York office.

Marijke has been a teaching assistant of Corporate Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from 2017 to 2020. She was a voluntary scientific collaborator there 2012-2013.

She holds the following degrees: LL.M. from University of Chicago Law School (2012), Master in Law magna cum laude from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2011), Bachelor in Law magna cum laudefrom Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2009).

Professional Memberships

Marijke is a member of the Brussels Bar.

Publications

- "Shareholder Rights Directive II: The Belgian Perspective", Alert Memo (April 2020)

- "Emergency Equity Raises – Practical Guide for Belgian Companies", Alert Memo (April 2020)

Personal

She is a native Dutch speaker and is fluent in English and French.